Middlesbrough News 24/7
Writer: Vital Boro 
Date:Friday December 7 2012
Time: 3:03PM
UK time is: 02:37:59
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Defender vital for Boro - Mowbray
Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray believes the return of experienced former England defender Jonathan Woodgate to be crucial to their promotion chances.
The 32-year-old ex-Real Madrid centre-back has managed only eleven appearances since arriving at the Riverside over the summer and has seen a thigh problem keeping him out of the last four games.
Mowbray has already openly admitted he will need to be particularly selective over in which games Woodgate appears in order to get the most out of him.
"You don't realise until you see him train the things he does so well for the team," Mowbray told BBC Tees. "If we can get him into a good percentage of matches then I think he'll really help the cause.
"It's difficult to pick the games he'll play in and those we'll give him a rest - making sure his body doesn't break down - but that's for us to discuss," he continued. "The medical department, sports science, Woody and myself, we'll try to get that right."
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
Boro can still attract talent (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Boro off to the coast (Monday May 20 2013)
Boro gunning for teenager (Monday May 20 2013)
Skipper admits to struggle (Saturday May 18 2013)
Defender looks ahead (Thursday May 16 2013)
We'll be ready says Boro man (Thursday May 16 2013)
Search continues for Mowbray (Monday May 13 2013)
Young talents could be loaned (Monday May 13 2013)
Boro track midfielder (Wednesday May 8 2013)
Defender to miss opening weeks (Wednesday May 8 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | diggerman | 189 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Sheff Wed | 2 | - | 0 | Middlesbrough |
| Middlesbrough | 2 | - | 2 | Charlton |
| Bolton | 2 | - | 1 | Middlesbrough |
| Middlesbrough | 1 | - | 0 | Forest |
| Middlesbrough | 0 | - | 2 | Brighton |
| Hull City | 1 | - | 0 | Middlesbrough |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 13. Leeds Utd | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 61 |
| 14. Ipswich | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 60 |
| 15. Blackpool | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 59 |
| 16. Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | -9 | 59 |
| 17. Blackburn | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | -7 | 58 |
| 18. Sheff Wed | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 58 |
| 19. Huddersfield | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | -20 | 58 |
Breaking League News
| LUFC McDermott making progress
» Leeds Utd : 22/05/2013 21:08:00
|
| BWFC: Veni, Vidi, Vici
» Bolton : 22/05/2013 20:51:00
|
| The Vital Forest Fan Interview: Distant Cheers
» Forest : 22/05/2013 20:37:00
|
| LUFC Leeds pre-season plans to be revealed
» Leeds Utd : 22/05/2013 20:13:00
|
| Further International Call-Ups
» Derby County : 22/05/2013 19:44:00
|
| LUFC Brian Greenhoff 1953-2013
» Leeds Utd : 22/05/2013 19:36:00
|
| Proschwitz keen to make Premier League mark
» Hull City : 22/05/2013 18:52:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
2 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.